Earrings Everyday ~ February

 This months Earrings Everyday Challenge

 comes from

Limzy

Lim Zhi Wei is a Malaysian artist and photographer.

She has a passion for taking everyday objects

 and turning them into things of beauty.

Blanca Rose

 Ballerinas 

(My Mom is getting these)

Lily-like

Violet Starlet

Flamenco Red

Want to see what the other Participants came up with

 Click on this link

Earrings Everyday ~ January Challenge

Earrings Everyday

For this months challenge we could select from the

 Pantone 2015 Color forecast.

First I selected

Custard and Aqua Marine 

Next I selected
Lucite Green and Marsala

And lastly, I selected

Strawberry Ice

I enjoyed digging into what I had to see what
 I would put together for this challenge.
I actually made 8 pairs of earrings
but these are my favorites.

Thank You Erin for another Fun Challenge!
Why not check out and see what the other
 participants
came up with.

Earrings Everyday ~ December Challenge.

Earrings Everyday had another amazing Challenge.

This months challenge was Anamorphic Art.

Erin has a very cool video on her blog.

If you have a moment check it out.

 I thought a lot about the movement and

 how to achieve it.

I have to admit time got away from me since

 I was working on some other creative projects.

I have an idea that I will have to see about doing when

 I get some time and the other projects complete.

So I went simple...

The first pair are actually  re-dos from the

 marbling inspired challenge.

Is it just me or do 

these remind you of the Olympic Rings?

Can you imagine a tiny Olympian 

on these rings doing dips, handstands, swings...

And then

These can be a  my other Olympians,

 waving their Silver & Copper ribbons

as they do their gymnastic floor routine.

Thank You Erin

 for yet another out of the box inspiration!

Why not see what the others were inspired to create!

Earrings Everyday ~ November Challenge

Nebula

This short film was this months inspiration.

Found on a site called Art-Spire.

This is a Student film that left us wanting more.

I found myself wondering why the artist called this film Nebula.

Nebula.... from the Latin meaning cloud.

Regardless of what the artist had in mind...

there was so much for this months inspiration

that Erin selected to draw from.

I thought of the pewter wing charms I had

that were gifted to me.

I paired them up glass beads with the cool dots

and antique silver Tierra cast post earrings.

A pretty strait forward solution to the challenge.

And then I thought...

how could I do something that would remind

me of the lavender cloud ...the mist surrounding the creature?

I came up with these...

The frosty Czech lavender drops

 and flower spacers did it for me.

Here is the link for more information about the inspiration

http://www.earrings-everyday.blogspot.com/2014/11/were-all-ears-november-inspiration.html

and her is the link to the Earrings Everyday blog

why not see what the other participants came up with.

Earrings Everyday ~ October Challenge

Marbleized paper is this month inspiration.

 Here are two examples from 

two very talented ladies.

I happen to have some marbleized paper.

It was used to accent art work by a 

Custom framer that I know. 

I did this pencil drawing ages ago

 and had it framed.

I think this piece would be boring with out

the marbleized fillet.

Made this pair of earrings using:
 Recycled earring parts, marbleized paper

Czech rondelles and S.S. ear-wires.

Now the thing is when you get stuff done early 

you have time to see if there is something else you can do.

In this case the large crescent has a blemish.

How much did it bug me? What was I going to do about it?

Well, I made my decision. (about a week later)

I simply could not leave it as is. 

Embossing it seemed to be the right answer,

Added some paints and sanded it 

to expose the metal. There. The blemish is no more.

The earrings look a lot more interesting..

Thanks for Looking. 

If you have some time, why not see 

what the other participants came up with...

Over at

Earrings Everyday.

Earrings Everyday ~ September challenge

Erin's fascination of the the Macro world
and her own photos serve
as our inspiration this month.
The textures and the earthy colors are so appealing.
You can read more about it on her blog.

 So many directions I could have taken 

but I settled on these to represent
my own little macro world.

 Vintaj natural brass tag blanks,
Decoemboss die - Dragonfly pond,
and Vintaj paints.
Czech leaves and Czech caffe latte
groved rectangle beads.
Chrysolite opal Swarovski bicones.
Silver and gold plated wire.

I'm not particularly bothered by the mixed metal colors.

I rather like it.

Now why not check out and see
what the other participants came up with.
http://www.earrings-everyday.blogspot.com/

Earrings Everyday- August Challenge

Amazing thread sculptures by the talented artist Gabriel Dawe.

Here is just one of the many images we had for 

our August Inspiration

The prism rainbow with string is brilliant! 

This is what I created....

Mimicking many of the colors.

Made my own ear wires this time.

Why not check out the other participants 

and see what they came up with for the

Earrings Everyday August Challenge.

Earrings Everyday - June Challenge

This is my answer to this months challenge .

What you see here is first and second try at wire weaving.

Picked up a book that is new to me

Weaving freeform Wire Jewelry

by Kaska Firor.

In there it shows how to make a pair of dagger earrings.

I had noticed the pattern in the skylight.

Hey ...these are really similar. So I got to experiment and 

answer this months challenge at the same time. 

The Guggenheim museum central atrium

Now the funny part to me is that a friend was over 

today and were were making another pair of these 

when I remembered ....

Oh no! I hadn't created a post. 

Aghhhh!

Thank You  Erin ,

for another great challenge.

Why not check out what the other participants came up with

http://earrings-everyday.blogspot.com/

Earrings Everyday ~ May Challenge

Erin , just loved the graphic quality to these shells. 

I was drawn in by the color immediately 

and knew what items I had to play with.

Had the earring components laying on my table all week....

thought I had to the 23rd to get it done.

For some reason I got it mixed up.

Anyway...

I put these together tonight while I multitasked....

... Skyped with my friend Debbie, 

then Skyped with my Mom catching up on life's events.

Put a collective bead order together for Fire Mts.

Was in desperate need of Headpins.

And helped a friend do some research.

Thanks For stopping by and looking.

To see what the other participants came up with click on the link below.

http://earrings-everyday.blogspot.com/2014/05/were-all-ears-may-reveal.html

Sorry Fishy Moon Designs I was unable to leave a comment.

But I love what you made.

Earrings Everyday ~ April Challenge

This is the image from a pottery barn catalog that struck 

Erin's eye for our inspiration this month.
Seems she is addicted to that place.
Can't say I blame her.

 Here is a little story  on how these came to be...
My Bead Soup Partner from the 6th Bead Soup 

Sarah Goode

Sent me several of these Silk Cocoons

 A bonus item.  I had them out to possibly do 

something with items that had been sent to me for the 

recent  8th bead soup.

As it turned out it wasn't happening.

 I used some Adirondack color wash

to dye the cocoons.

Sprayed  a few with the mushroom color. Tried 

the chili pepper, stream, and lettuce color too. 

I micro waved them to heat set them.

I really don't know if that work to set the color.

I will have to test it out. (later)

Anyway...

 There they were on my desk when I saw the picture 

for this months earring inspiration.

Hmm what to do... what to do....

I noticed the texture of the lettuce green cocoons were very similar 

to the mint leaves. It got the wheels going in my head.

What could I make with these?

Silk Cocoon bell earrings. 

Dug around in the ol' stash and I found

Light olive green Czech glass flower caps and 

round beads (for the goblets), 

Bone tube beads (for the plate), 

silver plated metal (silverware) & coconut shell Spacers.

The coconut spacers reminded me of the place-mats.

They are a bit on the large side for earrings, yet  not heavy. 

But with my long hair you just might be able to see them.
Thanks for stopping by.
Click on the link to see what the other Participants have created!

Earrings Everyday!

We're all Ears ~ Creative Challenge

This adorable Beatrix Potter illustration
was the inspiration

 for this months "We're all Ears" 

Earring challenge over at Earrings Everyday.

Yeah Spring is here!

Well, on the Calendar at least.

So looking forward to an end to this winter!

Anyway, lovin' colors and flowers in the illustration.

 So much so I made two pairs of earrings this time.

Hardly visible are the paddle head pins I used. 

It  reminded me of the needle in the mouses hand. 

I'm loving how the post portion of the 

second pair of earrings

mimics the diamond pattern of the quilt.
Thanks for stopping by and checking out
what I came up with.
To see what the other participants did just click
on the Earrings Everyday link above.
Thank You Erin for the motivation to
dig around in the things I have
and make something.

Earrings Everyday ~ Challenge

We're All Ears Inspiration Challenge 

(+ a giveaway!)

 Earrings EveryDay

A place of inspiration, is having an 

earring challenge based on this image.
Click on the link to check out the other Participants
 and see what they did.

These Earrings

were inspired by Erin's dragonfly image.

I was taken by the colors.

So I searched through my stash and created these.

I used:

Misc. Czech glass, Vintaj items, 

crystal rondelles, & round carnelian beads.

Went with a long duster style earring 

to mimic a pair of earrings that are my favorite.